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Afghanistan: a Lost Cause but not a Pointless Cause

Helmand Province in Afghanistan is the dangerous centre of British military operations, and the place where hundreds of British and other soldiers from elsewhere died or were wounded badly because of the Taliban.
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Balance and Compassion in the Lord Rennard Affair

The Lord Rennard affair has the appearance of a rather bad play, part farce, part drama, part tragedy depending upon if and how you are involved. It is badly written, not very credible and the main dramatis personae increasingly are unlovable as the show develops, and for all these reasons it is easy to forget […]
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The Sun Behaving Oddly

Planetary life, and your life, depends on the mood of the Sun, and, apart from rare incidents such as asteroid collisions, every change of any significance to Earth has been due to some form of solar activity. When our Sun behaves oddly, it serves us to take heed.
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Robert Gates and the Case for War

Robert Gates has warned the UK that reducing our military capability will jeopardise our “special relationship” with the US and limit our ability to be a major influence in the world. Does his case for war matter, I wonder? And is it true?
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The New, Extraordinary Claims about Fracking

The subject of fracking has left the front pages, for now, but the announcements and discussions of Monday have left me troubled.  Government and industry supporters have spoken airily of the financial benefits and the American experience, of the limited impact on communities and the resulting energy revolution, but their accompanying admissions, which largely went […]
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The Aurora Borealis, and Hidden Energy

The Aurora Boralis, or the Northern Lights, were visible, and present, over parts of Britain this weekend, because a geomagnetic storm drove the aurora structure south, very unusually. The scientific explanation for the Aurora Borealis is that, when atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere collide with particles from the Sun, shimmering green particles of light are […]
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Epiphany, and Returning to Reality

th January, marks the ending of modern Christmas celebrations and, biblically, the visit of the Wise Men to baby Jesus, with gifts. Both events bring us back to the reality of our relationship with ourselves, our world, and what lies beyond.
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New Moon, New Year, and Storms of Change

The first day of 2014 saw a new calendar year, and also a new Moon which, according to certain astrologers, symbolised through its conjunction with Pluto the taking of the Sun into the underworld and the bringing of the underworld into the sky – truly new beginnings, and new, inter-dimensional opportunities.
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